NYC needs 6,000 teachers and billions in funding to meet class size caps. Top education leaders warn that without more state aid, city schools will fall short of the mandate.

New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks claimed Tuesday that parents don’t care if classrooms are overcrowded, as he argued against a billion-dollar-plus state mandate to reduce their size. Banks ...

This year, schools were encouraged to come up with their own plans to lower their class sizes and apply to the Department of Education for funding. By Claire Fahy Two years ago, New York State ...

The controversial state law requiring New York City public schools to reduce class sizes across the board could become more problematic and reduce “equity” for the neediest students amid budget cuts ...

In a buzzing classroom at Rogers Street Academy this spring, 24 kindergartners were remarkably on task all at once. Teacher Araceli Barroso was focused on two of them. At a small table together, the ...